Sounding figure toy



Feb. 12, 1929. 1,701,734

H. STEPHENS SOUND'ING FIGURE TOY Original Filed Dec. 17. 1925 5 Sheets-Sheet 1 INVENTOR. 7 5675mm:

ATTORNEY.

Feb. 12, 1929. 1,701,734

H. s. STEPHENS SOUNDING FI GURE TOY Original Filed Dec. 17, 1925 3 Sheets-Sheet 2 INVENTOR. 154/96 & flaw/5w Feb. 12, 1929.

H. S. STEPHENS SOUNDING FIGURE TOY 3 Sheets-Sheet Original Filed Dec. 17, 1925 IN VEN TOR. 5 M4,? 5 SIFWENSJ BY 5 fl ATTORNEY.

Patented Feb. 12, 1929.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HARRY S. STEPHENS, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

SOUNDING FIGURE TOY.

Application filed December 17, 1925, Serial No. 75,938. Renewed August 16, 1928.

This invention relates to a mechanical toy, and more particularly to the construction of the sound producing mechanism.

The object of. the invention is to construct a sound producing mechanism which is positive in its action and inwhich the chances for the device getting out of order and fail ing to work is reduced to a minimum. With this mechanism, I am able to produce a large variety of sounds for simulating the voices of many different kinds of animals. One of the advantages of using this sort of construction, is that it is possible to vary the Fig. 7 is a section taken on the line 7- -7 of Fig. 6. v Fig. 8 is a detailed perspective view of the i V resilient lip carried by the sound producing box.

Fig. 9 is a vertical'longitudinal sectional view throu h another mechanical toy showing a modiE a plurality of. sounds are produced.

. 10 and 11 are vertical transverse sec-- with the hollow interior b. This toy is pro-- vided withthe wings 0 secured to the side of the body portion a by a plurality of nails (Z. The to 18 so constructed that these wings carry the front axle e, the rear axle f and also sup ort the vibratory sound producing.

box 9 w ich is rovided with the projected resilient lip h. he rear axle f is arched as at i and the serrated member j is'secured at ed form of construction in, which one end to this arch portion of the axle and atthe other end to a hinged lower jaw 7.1. As the toy is pulled along, the axle f is revolved and causes this serrated member to travel in a prescribed path, and the movement of this serrated member also opens and closes the mouth of the animal.

Fig. 2 shows how this serrated member or blade is-adapted to engage this resilient lip h during part of its movement. The serrations engage this lip, and as the blade is moved, vibrations are set up in the box which consequently produces a sound. The construction of the sound box is such, that this sound produced, simulates the quack of a duck. sound box, the thickness of the metal walls, the stiffness of the li or the pitch of the serrations on the bla e y, it is possible to vary the tone of the sound produced. The finer the serrations, the higher pitched will be the tone, and the tone may be reproduced with the higher pitch by makingv the lip h more rigid, or providing thicker walls to the vibrating part of the sound box. Prefer- By varying the size of the ably, the sound box is almost completely closed by constructing the side m adjacent the lip h as shown in Fig. 2, which leaves a small opening .nin this side which permits the sound to escape. Obviously the tone 'may be changed byvarying the size of this opening.

- With such a soundbox, it is possible to obtain many different tones, from a'deep growl to a high pitchedsqueah'the tone desired depending upon the character of the toy.

By a slight modification in construction, it is possible to multi ly the sounds, and as illustration, I have s own in Figs. 5 to 7 inclusive, another mechanical toy which as illustrated, simulates a pig. In this toy I preferably use a large platform 0 which is preferably hollow and supports one of the sound boxes p. The other sound box 9 may be supportedwithin the hollow interior of the body portion of the figure. I have shown these sound boxes of different sizes, and the blade 7' is provided with serrations on both edges, and this blade is arranged to travel in a prescribed path so as to engage the resilient lips 72. carried by each sound box during a part of its movement. On lookin at Fig. 6 it will be seen how this blade a ternately scrapes across the lips it carried by the two sound boxes and we have alternate sounds produced, these sounds being. governed by the construction of the sound boxes whlch are so deslgned as to produce sounds simulating the voice of the annual V 5 which the toy represents.

Figs. 9 to 11 inclusive, show a mechanical.

toy provided with a figure representing a dog. In this construction I have provided a pair of serrated members or blades 2? and t. Each blade is secured to an arched portion of the rear axle u and these blades may be connected with the axle so as to work in unison, or one may beadvanced with respect to the other, so as toproduce alternate sounds. I have shown here (see' Fig. 10),

sound boxes '0 and o of a different size,.but'

obviously, they could be made identical in size and shape for producing the same tone if desired. I preferably attach the blade '15 to some other movable part of the toy, and

' this blade be guided in some manner so that 1 issquared as at 2 and secured on: the

'ducing the sound required.

as the lower end is moved by the crank shaft, it is carried into'engagement with the resilient lip-carried by the sound box, so as to produce the vibrations necessary for pro- Fig. 12 shows aymodified form ofconstruotion in which this. intermittent sound may be obtainedby another means. The axle squared portion is a. member 3 serrated as at 4 which'i'sarranged to engage the lip 5 of the sound box 6. As toy rollsalong g body.

across the vibratory 11 :caused' to move along-1a surface."

the ground, the axle will revolve and periodically bring this member 3 into engage: ment with thelip 5 and will result in producing the same kind of a sound as produced by the reciprocating members shown in the preceding figures.

l/Vhat I claim is: V

1. A toy, having in combination a'hollow body simulating a living animal, wheels on which the body is supported to travel along a surface, sound-producing means within the body compr'ising a plate arranged to emit sounds from the rapid vibrations of the plate itself, and connections between the wheels and 'the sound-producing means in the body for operating the same by rapidly vibrating the plate when the toy is .caused to travel along a surface.

'2. A toy, comprising a hollow body simulating a living creature, andprovided with a movable part for simulating a natural movement, wheels on which the body'is sup ported to travel on a surface, vibratory' plate sound-producing means container within the body, and connections between the wheels and the movable part of the body drawn across the edges of'the plate whereby the turning of the wheelscauses both action of the sound-producingmeans and movement of the movablc partof the A toy, comprising a body having a simulation to a living thing, wheels on --wh1ch the body can travel along a surfaceysounda movable lower jaw and" a serrated bar connecting between a. wheel and the movable ]{LW and arranged ro edically be drawn when the toy is Intestimonywhereozl? l my signature.

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